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Sales of ‘King of Beers’ plunge to barely princely as Bud slips to 4th

Sales of ‘King of Beers’ plunge to barely princely as Bud slips to 4th

Georgia only ranks 41st in the country when it comes to determining the most “Beer Loving States.” That’s according to results of a new survey done by Budweiser just in time for National Drink Beer Day. (Photo Illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Budweiser for years truly was the “King of Beers” in sales, but slipped behind its Bud Light stablemate in 2001, and dropped to third behind Coors Light a decade later.

Now, in 2017 sales figures released this week by Beer Marketer’s Insights, Budweiser has slipped another notch to fourth place, losing a position to Miller Lite, according to media reports including CNN Money and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The Gem City has had a long love affair with beer. The beverage has been part of our history as far back as the early 1800s. Today the area is flush with new breweries - more than a dozen have opened in the last five years.

While the national retail beer-bubble shows signs of bursting, especially for large breweries, the Dayton area’s brewery scene is rolling right along.

Not one of the dozen or so “first-wave” breweries that opened across the Miami Valley five years or so ago have gone out of business, and in fact, nearly all have expanded their operations. And now there’s a second wave of new local breweries in the works, including several gearing up to open their doors in 2018.